News Link n. 26

 

The news links are part of the research project GESPAM (Geopolitica, Salute Pubblica e Accesso alle Medicine/Geopolitics, Public Health and Access to Medicines), which aims to focus on the best options for the use of trade and government rules related to public health by resource-limited countries.

 

News Link 26

HEALTH: TB response failing children  http://www.plusnews.org/Report/96802/HEALTH-TB-response-failing-children

Here I Am: Leading the Fight Against Tuberculosis  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lucy-chesire/here-i-am-leading-the-fig_b_2138163.html

UNITAID-FUNDED STUDY HIGHLIGHTS POTENTIAL TO REDUCE TB IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BY 28% OVER NEXT TEN YEARS AND NEED TO FOCUS ON TREATMENT FOR DRUG-RESISTANCE TB  http://www.unitaid.eu/resources/press-centre/releases/1045-unitaid-funded-study-highlights-potential-to-reduce-tb-in-southern-africa-by-28-over-next-ten-years-and-need-to-focus-on-treatment-for-drug-resistance-tb

WHO Members Agree On Roadmap To Fight Poor Quality Medicines  http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24860&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

HEALTH: Breaking out of the cold chain   http://www.irinnews.org/Report/96827/HEALTH-Breaking-out-of-the-cold-chain

Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to combat AIDS-related stigma in new UN role  http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43555&Cr=HIV&Cr1=AIDS#.ULCJtof8Lie

Dirk Niebel releases 100 million euros for the Global Fund http://www.bmz.de/en/press/aktuelleMeldungen/2012/November/20121116_pm_270_gfatm/index.html

Commissioner Georgieva welcomes the European Union’s ratification of the new Food Assistance Convention http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-12-855_en.htm

The long, slow tragedy of chronic hunger in southern Africa  http://www.devex.com/en/news/79793/print

Pushing Back Neglected Tropical Diseases in Africa  http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/2012/11/17/pushing-back-neglected-tropical-diseases-in-africa

Private health insurance: implications for developing countries  http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/83/2/sekhri0205abstract/en/index.html

Asia-Pacific leaders forge new alliance against malaria  http://www.devex.com/en/news/79795/print

UNAIDS: 2015 targets ‘feasible’ despite 30 percent resource gap  http://www.devex.com/en/news/79782/print 

EU Patent, Patent Court Could Finally Be Approved In Coming Weeks   http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24807&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Fixing Canada’s Access to Medicines Regime: Bill C-398 http://www.ip-watch.org/?p=24710&utm_source=post&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=alerts

Thailand Expresses Interest in Joining Trans-Pacific Trade Talks, as TPP Leaders Set New Deadline  http://ictsd.org/i/news/bridgesweekly/150296/

Patent Pool Signs Agreement With Laurus Labs To Increase Generic Production http://www.medicinespatentpool.org/patent-pool-signs-agreement-with-laurus-labs-to-increase-generic-production/

Better Drug Use, Greater Efficiency  http://blogs.cgdev.org/globalhealth/2012/11/better-drug-use-greater-efficiency.php

Health Policy After The Election http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2012/11/09/health-policy-after-the-election/

In Perspective: USAID moves in the right direction  http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/opinions/in-perspective-usaid-moves-in-the-right-direction.html